Pitkin County library cuts back on expansion plan

ASPEN, Colo.—Pitkin County Library officials are going before county commissioners with a reduced plan to improve the facility after voters rejected a bigger proposal last year.

On Tuesday, library officials will ask permission from commissioners to use money from the library district's $6 million capital reserve fund to pay for architectural fees for a scaled-back project.

According to the Aspen Daily News ( http://tinyurl.com/mbu9ded), a plan to increase property taxes so the institution could use $5 million in bonds was rejected last year, along with a tax proposal that would have funded the operations of the expanded facility.